BTLN UPDATE!

First off Congrats to Jonathan!(Sorry about the blurry picture!) This was Jon's first ever Helmet! I don't think I have ever seen that kind of fire in Jon's eyes before! Nathan Ball started in the middle for Bulldog this week. It was not an easy task as most guys were sweating a lot because of the heat! John Van, Maxwell and Jonathan were the last three with Jon pulling out the win. I'm thinking that these three are going to be last most nights this year!

 

We started the night with Murderball. My team got beat up bad. Nathan Ball kept punishing me! His throw is second to none! I think the final tally was 6-2. It was never very close.

 

In Bible study we started the year with the topic "New Beginnings". The first passage was the first verse in the Bible.

 

Genesis 1:1  In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

 

We saw that God had a special purpose for the earth at the Beginning! That special purpose was us! The problem was that we decided that we didn't want to follow God and that we wanted to go our own way!

 

God cannot tolerate sin so he had two choices. Either he had to destroy us or provide a way for us to be saved. God is loving so he chose to save us by sending his Son (Jesus) to die for our sins.

 

John 1:1-4  In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind.

 

We needed the Creator (Jesus) of life to give us life because we were spiritually dead. Just as Jesus created everything at the beginning he needed to recreate us and give us new life! We needed to be born again!

 

John 3:3  Jesus replied, “Very truly I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless they are born again.”

 

We only need to accept this free gift! It is our New Beginning!

 

2 Corinthians 5:17  Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!

 

We are a new creation because of Christ!

 

After Bible study we played Handball and again my team got their buts kicked! We played next goal wins and I wiffed on an easy throw! It was brutal!

 

After we dog piled Nathan (Because he is getting married next weekend!) First Night was over! The 2013/14 Btln season has officially started!

 

Next week is the Btln Pool Party at Abe's house!

 

THE CAPTAIN